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Kindergarten · Math · Unit 10 of 11

First, Next, Today

Before, after and the days

What your child practises

Talk about the order of things at home: what you do first, next and last, and what happened yesterday or will happen tomorrow.

Nunavut Curriculum approved guide: Nunavut Mathematics K–6 (2025), K.SS.1.3 · the days of the week and the order of daily events

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practise.

  1. First happens before next. Last happens at the end.
  2. Yesterday is before today. Tomorrow is after today.
  3. Think of what happens in order.

Example: Today is Friday. What day is tomorrow? Tomorrow is the day after today. After Friday comes Saturday. Answer: Saturday

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Today is Tuesday. What day was yesterday?

    • Wednesday
    • Monday
    • Friday

  2. Question 2

    A chick grows up. Tap the pictures in order.

    • 🐔hen
    • 🥚egg
    • 🐥chick

  3. Question 3

    You go to bed. What do you do just before?

    🛏️
    • go to school
    • put on pyjamas
    • eat breakfast

  4. Question 4

    A seed grows. Tap the pictures in order.

    • 🌱sprout
    • 🌰seed
    • 🌻flower

  5. Question 5

    Wash your hands. Tap the pictures in order.

    • 🧻dry your hands
    • 🚰turn on the water
    • 🧼rub with soap

  6. Question 6

    Which word means the day we are in right now?

    • today
    • tomorrow
    • yesterday

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